The new global climate of free enterprise has brought with it a
proliferation of offshore financial centers that presumably have
important roles to play in the emergent global economy. The air of
secrecy that appears to pervade the activities of offshore
financial centers may well slant or obscure any real understanding
of the functions of such centers. The authors investigate the role
of major international accounting firms and their services in the
processes of business facilitation in the locations that host these
centers. By focusing the investigation upon the role of the
accounting firms in offshore financial centers, the authors gain a
better grasp of the real or potential impacts of the firms in the
global economy and in the jurisdictions that host them. Not only do
the authors provide a detailed assessment of what the major
accounting firms are actually doing in the centers, but they point
out what attributes are needed by jurisdictions hoping to succeed
as offshore financial centers. The centers included are Antigua,
Barbuda, the Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, the Cayman Islands, the
Channel Islands, the Isle of Man, Gibraltar, Malta, Cyprus,
Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, Mauritius, the Seychelles,
Singapore, and Vanuatu.
The authors describe the legal and institutional environments
facing business operations in general and the accounting firms in
particular in offshore financial centers. By studying these
operations, it should show what they are doing in terms of
facilitating the international activities that flow through such
centers. It should also add to the understanding of the potential
that offshore activities have as vehicles for development in small
emerging economies. This study should be of interest to a wide
range of business disciplines, as well as governmental agencies in
advanced and emerging nations, international agencies such as
regional development banks, and accountants and the international
financial community.
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